I would suggest to go ahead and review the link of Steve Pointer. Although I can’t dismiss the chance of a similar function like the one mentioned before, I believe that the functionality of the A-GPS is the culprit here.
> On Dec 21, 2018, at 12:02 PM, Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> wrote: > > > >> On 12/21/18 1:21 PM, juan wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:06:36 +1100 >> Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>> Any ideas why GPS would require a SIM card? >> >> it's because amont the millions of lines of malware known as "androido" >> there's one that says : if (no_sim()) disable_gps(); > > Makes sense to me. Why should a phone's real owner permit its user to > access GPS location data without reporting same back to the owner? That > free ride would amount to theft of service. > > Letting GPS work with the radio off would be as silly as designing a > mobile phone's case to permit quick, easy battery removal and > replacement - the phone's owner decides when "off means off," not the > user. > >
